Society

A tragic accident took place in Ilioupolis, Athens on Tuesday morning. A truck driver who had parked his vehicle outside a supermarket to unload its shipment of food was killed, after an extremely unfortunate chain of events. After the truck was...

One of the most common questions people ask about the idyllic Greek island of Santorini is whether its active volcano is expected to erupt again in our lifetime. In order to answer this simple, but at the same time complex,...

A family tragedy took place on the Greek island of Skiathos, in the Northern Sporades, in the early hours of Wednesday. A British couple who own a house on Skiathos and spend most of their time in Greece, returned home at...

Despite the cloudy and rainy weather, thousands of people marched in central Athens on Tuesday morning, participating in the 24-hour general strike declared by the country's largest labor unions. Athens buses, trams, and the Metro line 1 (from Piraeus to...

The European Commission issued a statement on Thursday morning in which it announced that the executive of the Union has approved Greece's plan for protecting the primary residence of Greek citizens from foreclosure. The statement notes that the Greek plan...

The National Forest and Park Management Authority of Dadia, Lefkimi, and Soufli announced on Wednesday that two rare raptors were found killed recently next to wind turbines in south Evros, in northeastern Greece. On August 19, a lesser spotted eagle...

A man died near the town of Krestena in Western Peloponnese in Greece on Friday afternoon, after a large fire broke out in the area. The unfortunate 57-year-old man from the village of Kalithea, near Krestena, was attempting to help...

Prominent Greek poet and novelist Nanos Valaoritis died on Friday morning at the age of 98. The causes of his death are still unknown. Ioannis (known familiarly to the public as "Nanos") Valaoritis was born in Lausanne, Switzerland in July, 1921. A...

According to the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings, which was published on Wednesday, the University of Crete takes first place among all of Greece's higher education institutions for the academic year 2019-2020. This specific ranking uses a total...

According to a new report that the Greece Statistical Authority ELSTAT announced on Thursday, unemployment in the country fell to 16.9 percent during the second quarter of 2019. More specifically, 13.7 percent of Greek men are currently unemployed, while the...